Publication Details

by Murray, K. and Lowrance, J. and Sharpe, K. and Williams, D. and Gremban, K. and Holloman, K. and Speed, C.

in Advances in Cross-Cultural Decision Making pp. 363-373,

Published by CRC PressAddress: Boca Raton, FLJune 2010.

Abstract

The Socio-Cultural Analysis Tool (S-CAT) is being developed to help decision
makers better understand the plausible effects of actions taken in situations where
the impact of culture is both significant and subtle. We describe the intended use of
S-CAT on an illustrative use case, and discuss our use of structured argumentation
as a representation technique to capture both culture variables and effects variables.
Benefits of this approach include capturing multiple cultural theories and
aggregating the forecasts of effects from multiple sources.

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The goal was to develop PRIME, an effects-based modelling tool, as a web application. PRIME supports rapid, collaborative development of forecasts of the effects of a planned set of DIME (diplomatic, informational, military, or economic) actions.